Liverpool Plains
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Liverpool Plains is a fertile agricultural region in north-central New South Wales, Australia, known for its rich black soils and extensive grain and cotton production.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
agricultural region
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region of New South Wales → |
| averageRainfall |
approximately 600–700 millimetres per year
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| boundedBy |
Great Dividing Range (to the east and south)
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Liverpool Range → |
| climate |
temperate to warm temperate
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| conservationConcern |
protection of prime agricultural land
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| country |
Australia
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| drainageBasin |
Murray–Darling Basin
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| economicActivity |
broadacre agriculture
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livestock grazing → |
| hasIssue |
land use conflict over coal mining
→
land use conflict over coal seam gas development → |
| hasLandUse |
dryland cropping
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irrigated cropping → |
| hasLocalGovernmentArea |
Liverpool Plains Shire
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| hasTown |
Caroona
→
Quirindi → Spring Ridge → Werris Creek NERFINISHED → Willow Tree → |
| hasTransport |
New England Highway nearby
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railway lines for grain transport → |
| isImportantFor |
Australian cotton industry
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New South Wales grain production → |
| knownFor |
broadacre cropping
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cotton production → fertile agricultural land → grain production → rich black soils → |
| locatedIn |
New South Wales
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north-central New South Wales → |
| majorCrop |
barley
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chickpeas → cotton → maize → other pulses → sorghum → sunflowers → wheat → |
| near |
Gunnedah
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Tamworth → |
| partOf |
North West Slopes region
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| river |
Coxs Creek
NERFINISHED
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Mooki River NERFINISHED → Quirindi Creek NERFINISHED → |
| soilType |
black vertosols
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cracking clay soils → |
| traditionalOwners |
Gamilaraay people
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Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Upper Hunter Shire
("Liverpool Plains Shire")
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borderedBy |
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Namoi River catchment
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containsFeature |
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Liverpool Range
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isSouthOf |